Health talk: Antimicrobial resistance —Let us stand against it

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. The term antibiotic resistance applies to bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics.

By The Standard Jul. 31, 2022

Health talk: Antimicrobial resistance —Let us stand against it

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. The term antibiotic resistance applies to bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics.

By The Standard Jul. 31, 2022

ARVs giving long leases of life

Yes, 36 years on, Shingairai, (meaning persevere) lives up to her name. Shingairai Matogo has been taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2003. she had  no anti-HIV medication and stigma choking, it was only grace that she lives to tell the road travelled.

By The Standard Sep. 5, 2021

ARVs giving long leases of life

Yes, 36 years on, Shingairai, (meaning persevere) lives up to her name. Shingairai Matogo has been taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2003. she had  no anti-HIV medication and stigma choking, it was only grace that she lives to tell the road travelled.

By The Standard Sep. 5, 2021